Traveling through troubled times to escape famine and cultivate crops as a grain merchant

The small puddle may not look big, but it can hold two buckets of water, three gourds, and a dozen bamboo tubes.

Although the water is not much, it is enough for more than 200 people to drink.

A few people walked back along the way they came, and halfway through they met someone who was looking for water on the other side.

As soon as the two sides met, they were all surprised and busy showing off.

"Hey, we found some water here! We were just about to call you guys!"

"We have found water. We are going down to get some people to come up. How are you doing there?"

Both sides were stunned.

"Did you find water, too?"

"What, do you have a lot of water?"

Zhou Guo saw that the two people opposite him only carried a few bamboo tubes and no buckets, and felt that the water hole they found might not be big. However, it was good to have water at this time. It would be faster to connect water from two places than from one place.

When the people on the other side saw the two heavy buckets in their hands, they couldn't believe it. They came over to take a look and were stunned when they saw two and a half buckets of clear water.

"Oh my god, how much water did you find? You collected it bucket by bucket! We leaned against the stone wall, our hands and feet were numb, and it took us a long time to collect a few bamboo tubes."

"Hey, it's not that big. It's all the water that dripped down to the ground before. We scooped it out from the pit. Fugui and his men are still waiting there to catch it. Let's send this water down first. There's not even a drop of water left below."

"Then you guys take these bamboo tubes with you. We won't go down yet. We'll go down together after we have all the supplies."

A few people nodded, took the bamboo tube and left.

Zhou Guo followed beside her without saying a word, so there was no need for her to say anything, which was even better.

She was walking in front, carrying five bamboo tubes from her family on her back and swinging her hands.

When they came up, everyone spent so much time and effort to cut such a large road, and now the benefits are reflected.

It took half an hour to reach the bottom of the mountain.

The group of people who were looking for water at the foot of the mountain found nothing, so they waited at the intersection for them to come down. When they saw people coming down, they swarmed over them.

"How's it going? How's it going? Have you found it? Is there really water up there?"

When I got closer and saw the water in their hands, I immediately lost my composure.

Someone couldn't wait any longer and rushed over to say, "Come on, come on, I'm dying of thirst, give me a drink first."

Who could bear to hear this? They all rushed up to drink. Their throats were so dry that they could not speak. If they continued drinking, they would become mummies.

The two men carrying the buckets were stunned and didn't react for a moment. They didn't know how to run. They just stood there like wooden stakes.

Zhou Guo raised his eyebrows. If this were to be knocked over...

Seeing that the bucket was about to be damaged, she had no choice but to stretch out her hands, grabbed the person in front who seemed to be crazy, and pushed him. Then the person was pushed out, and the people who rushed up from behind were also pushed backwards, rolling into a ball in an instant, with cries of pain everywhere.

Fortunately, the water was saved. She clapped her hands calmly and breathed a sigh of relief imperceptibly. The water was hard-earned.

Little did he know that everyone else present was stunned!

The man who was pushed fell several times, and he didn't understand why he fell. He just felt a strong force coming and he fell backwards unconsciously. That feeling... was like being thrown out? ?

Although the people carrying water did not see how Zhou Guo made the move, they saw clearly how he threw the person out, without missing any details, as if he was throwing a rag.

"Hey, what's going on? Baldy, what's wrong with you? You are so blind that you keep bumping into people."

The bald-headed man couldn't explain himself, "It's not me... It's not me. I don't know who threw me out..."

Zhou Guo didn't have time to argue with them. He pointed to the mountain behind and said to them, "If you want to drink water, go up and get it yourself. This water is not for you."

After saying this, he called to the people behind him and left.

A few people followed her like wooden idiots with dreamy looks on their faces, and she did whatever she said.

The main reason is that this is too outrageous. No one would believe the scene just now if I told others about it. A skinny and weak eight-year-old girl picked up a grown man with one hand and threw him away. Who would believe this? It sounds like a liar.

The remaining few looked at each other and had to carry the buckets up the mountain, complaining as they walked, "If we had known earlier, we would have followed her up the mountain. Isn't it said that this girl has good luck? But we threw away our luck and tried to look for it ourselves. We didn't find anything and it was a waste of effort. Otherwise, we would have had some water a long time ago."

"It's not that I can't say..."

Everyone at the foot of the mountain sat there, looking around eagerly. In order to avoid the scorching sun, they even built a straw hut on the spot.

Zhou Guo's home is simpler. They just put two carts next to each other and put some dead branches and leaves on top, creating a cool area underneath.

Other disaster victims who were walking along the road saw them lying on the roadside, took a few glances and lost interest.

Without water, we can’t even cook.

Zhou Suli and Zhou Tao had no choice but to go out with baskets to dig grass roots. After digging for a long time, they still hadn't found half a basket left. They came back with sad faces. Why was it that every time they saw their sister go out, she came back with full baskets, but they couldn't dig enough? Was it because their eyes were not as good as hers?

Zhou Su looked at the grass roots in the basket. This kind of grass roots tasted sweet, and the most important thing was that you could chew it to produce some water. He was hesitating whether to eat one or not, when he saw a few dark figures coming towards him from the corner of his eye. He looked up and saw that the little dark figure walking in front was his sister.

She immediately stood up and shouted happily, "Sister, it's my sister who is back. Grandma, Mom, my sister and the others are back. I'll go pick them up."

After saying that, he stood up and ran away.

When the others heard the noise, they all stood up and stretched their necks to look forward. They didn't know whether there was water or not, but a few people saw it clearly.

Once they saw it clearly, everyone felt disappointed.

Only two people came back, but they didn't find it. They still have to continue to be thirsty. Oh, this sun is really scorching! It's killing me!

Zhou Guo saw from a distance that his younger brother was rushing towards him like a cannonball. By the time he reached him, he was already out of breath.

She said helplessly, "Why are you running so fast? I can't run." As she spoke, she took off the bamboo tube hanging from her body and uncorked it, "Come, have a drink of water."

Zhou Su's eyes were shining, and he didn't bother to say anything. He just held the bamboo tube and started drinking in big gulps. He drank half of the tube in one breath before stopping with satisfaction.

Zhou Guo smiled and said, "Let's go and bring the water to mother and the others."

Zhou Su nodded heavily, especially when he saw the two big buckets of water carried by the uncles next to him, he smiled even more. His sister was really amazing. Not only was she good at digging grass roots, she was also good at finding water. So many people couldn't find it, but she brought back so much water as soon as she went up the mountain, as if it had magically appeared.